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October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
October 19 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective October 19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.
Saints
Prophet Joel (800 BC)
Saint Mnason of Tamassos, Cyprus, the early disciple, mentioned in Acts 21:15-16 (see also: October 18 )
Hieromartyr Felix the Presbyter and Eusebius the Deacon, by the sword.
Martyrs Varus (Ouarus) and six (seven) others with him, in Egypt (c. 307) (see also: February 28)
Blessed Cleopatra (327) and her son John (320), in Egypt.
Hieromartyr Sadoc (Sadoth), Bishop of Persia, and 120 martyrs with him (342)
Saint Leontius the Philosopher, of St. Sabbas Monastery (624)
Saint Prochorus of Pechenga (Pchinja), Abbot, in the Vranski Desert on the Pchinja river (10th century)
Pre-Schism Western saints
Martyrs Ptolemy and Lucius, martyrs in Rome under Antoninus Pius (c. 165)
Saint Altinus (Attinus), founder of the churches of Orléans and Chartres in France and perhaps a martyr (4th century)
Saint Eusterius, fourth Bishop of Salerno in Italy (5th century)
Saint Lupus of Soissons, a nephew of St Remi of Rheims who became Bishop of Soissons (c. 540)
Saint Veranus of Cavaillon, Bishop of Cavaillon (590)
Saint Ethbin, monk, then hermit near Kildare, Ireland (c. 600)
Saint Aquilinus of Évreux, Bishop of Evreux, Confessor (695)
Saint Desiderius, a monk at Lonrey and a disciple of St Sigiranus, he became a hermit in La Brenne near Bourges, France (c. 705)
Saint Theofrid (Theofroy, Chaifre), Abbot of Carmery-en-Velay (Monastier-Saint-Chaffre), martyred by invading Saracens (728)
Saint Frideswide of Oxford, Royal Abbess, patroness saint of Oxford (c. 735)
Saint Laura of Cordoba, a nun at Santa María de Cuteclara de Córdoba, martyred by the Moors by being thrown into a cauldron of molten lead (864)
Saint Eadnoth the Younger (Ednoth, Eadnot), successively Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester (1016)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
New Monk-martyr Nicholas Dvali of Jerusalem (1314) (see also: February 12 )
Venerable Serapion of Kozheozersky Monastery (1611) (see also: June 27)
Saint Gabriel, Archimandrite (Abbot) of St. Elias Skete, Mount Athos (1901)
Righteous John of Kronstadt, Wonderworker (1908) (see also December 20)
Saint Anthony (Abashidze), Schema-Archbishop, of the Kyiv Caves Lavra (1942)
New Martys and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Alexis Stavrovsky, Priest, of Petrograd (1918)
New Hieromartyr Sergius Pokrovsky, Priest (1937)
Other commemorations
First translation (1187) of the relics of Venerable John of Rila, founder of Rila Monastery in Bulgaria (946)
Synaxis of the icon of "Panagia Vasilissa" ("Panagia the Queen"), in Mouzaki, Karditsa, Greece.